The Readers’ Guide
What’s in Issue 946
| Novel |
Jim-Jam warns Mr. Atkins that he will tell Mrs. Atkins about Mr. Atkins' affairs unless Atkins acquires a truckload of live turkeys for Jim-Jam to use as lizard food. Atkins attempts to rob Billy Lou Giskin but is caught and jailed. Jim-Jam thinks about feeding oversized fish to his giant lizards, instead. Channie Greenberg, The Ill-Advised Adventures of Jim-Jam O’Neily |
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| Novella |
Of the five prisoners condemned to the labyrinth, two survive, reconciled, to brave the waters of the Styx:
Christopher DeRosa, The Nadir of the Labyrinth
Part 7: The Nadir, conclusion
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| Short Stories |
Weakness and double-crossing are all the more tragic when played out within a family:
Michael Jess Alexander, Unthought Experiment, part 1;
conclusion. The detectives of the Dead Bin are faced with an unusual mystery. The question is not so much who “done it,” but how. Gary Clifton, Outside the Box, part 1; conclusion. Two college friends have good seats at a rock concert until a rude couple take their places in front of them. The conflict offers a rare opportunity to take swift and covert revenge: Douglas Young, I Think So. |
| Poetry | Mike Acker, Chaoticism |
Departments
| Challenge | Challenge 946 is Bound Away across the... Styx? |
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| The Art Gallery |
Nick Pipitone, The Maelstrom A randomly rotating selection of Bewildering Stories’ art NASA: Picture of the Day Sky and Telescope, This Week’s Sky at a Glance |
Randomly selected Bewildering motto:
Randomly selected classic rejection notice:
Bewildering Stories’ official mottoes:
“Poems are not made with ideas; they are made with words.” — Stéphane Mallarmé
Ars longa, vita brevis. Rough translation: “Proofreading never ends.”
To Bewildering Stories’ schedule: In Times to Come
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